Pakistan at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Pakistan at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Pakistan at the; 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PAK
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Pakistan
Website	nocpakistan.org
in Helsinki
Competitors	38 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Mohammad Niaz Khan
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Pakistan competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 38 competitors, all men, took part in 25 events in 7 sports.^[1]

Results by event ^[2][edit]

Athletics[edit]

Men's 100 metres

Mohammad Sharif Butt

Heat 7 1st round; 11.0 (→ did not advance)

Jemadar Mohammad Aslam

Heat 9 1st round; 10.9 (→ advanced to second round)
Heat 1 2nd round; 10.9 (→ did not advance)

Abdul Aziz

Heat 11 1st round; 11.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

Abdul Aziz

Heat 8 1st round; 22.7 (→ did not advance)

Jemadar Mohammad Aslam

Heat 9 1st round; 22.2 (→ did not advance)

Mohammad Sharif Butt

Heat 11 1st round; 22.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

Abdul Rehman

Heat 1 1st round; 51.2 (→ did not advance)

Aurang Zeb

Heat 3 1st round; 51.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

Alam Zeb

Heat 3 1st round; 1:56.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

Abdul Rashid

33.50.4 finished 30th out of 33

Men's marathon

Havildar Mohammad Aslam

2.43:38.2 finished 38th out of 53

Mohammad Benaras

Interrupted, did not finish

Men's 400 metres hurdles

Mohammad Shafi

Heat 2 1st round; 56.1 (→ did not advance)

Mirza Khan

Heat 5 1st round; 56.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

Mohammad Sharif Butt, Mohammad Fazil, Abdul Aziz and Jemadar Mohammad Aslam

Heat 4 1st round; 42.8 (→ advanced to semifinals)
Semifinals heat 1; 42.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres relay

Abdul Rehman, Mohammad Shafi, Mirza Khan and Aurang Zeb

Heat 2 1st round; 3:23.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's throwing the javelin

Jalal Khan

Qualifying trials heat 1; 55.56m finished 12th out of 13

Men's throwing the hammer

Fazal Hussain

Qualifying trials heat 1; 48.36m finished 15th out of 16

Mohammad Iqbal

Qualifying trials heat 2; 47.45m finished 15th out of 16

Men's 10,000 metres walk

Allah Ditta

Heat 1 1st round; disqualified

Boxing[edit]

Men's featherweight (57 kg)

Sydney Greve

1st round; Beat A Leyes (ARG) KO 2nd rd
2nd round; Lost to J Ventaja (FRA) on pts 3:0

Men's lightweight (60 kg)

Mohammad Ali

1st round; Bye
2nd round; Lost to V Marute (VEN) KO 1st rd

Men's welterweight (67 kg)

Anwar Pasha Turki

1st round; Lost to H van der Linde (RSA) TKO 1st rd

Men's middleweight (75 kg)

Khan Mohammad

1st round; Beat H Nowara (POL) on pts 2:1
2nd round; Lost to W Sentimenti (ITA) on pts 3:0

Cycling[edit]

Men's 1,000 metres sprint scratch race

Mohammad Naqi Malik

Heat 5 1st round (→ entered repechage phase)
Repechage heat 3 (→ did not qualify for quarter-finals) Placed 19th overall

Men's 1,000 metres time trial

Imtiaz Bhatti

1:21.2 finished 25th out of 27

Men's team competition individual road race (190.4 km)

Mohammad Naqi Malik and Imtiaz Bhatti

Both broke off and did not finish

Hockey[edit]

Men's Team Competition

First round; Bye
Second round; Defeated France (6-0)

Semifinals

Lost to Netherlands (0-1)

Third Place Match

Lost to Great Britain (1-2)

Pakistan finished 4th

Team Roster

Latifur Rehman had represented the gold medal winning India men's hockey team at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, before migrating to Pakistan

Shooting[edit]

One shooter represented Pakistan in 1952.

50 m rifle, prone

Jan Azam

Score 90/86/94/96=366 finished 8th out of 58

Swimming[edit]

Men's 400 metres freestyle

Mohammad Ramzan

Heat 8 1st round; 5:45.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres freestyle

Mohammad Ramzan

Heat 2 1st round; 23:44.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres breaststroke

Muhammad Bashir

Heat 2 1st round; 3:01.3 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting[edit]